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- H. SLUSHER.

PENDULUM GUARD.

No. 251,648. Patented Dec. 27,1881.

. F WITNESSES. IN VEJVTOR.

QRNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY SLUSHER, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

PENDULUM-GUARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 251,648, dated December27, 1881..

Application filed October 6, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY SLUsHEe, of thecity of Indianapolis, county of Marion, and State ofIndiana,haveinvented certainnew and useful Improvements inPendulum-Guards, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my said invention is to produce a device which shallguardthe ,limber portion of the pendulum rod of a clock from being bentor kinked by being forced out .of

its ordinary or'proper position and it consists of a guard-rod attachedto the pendulum rod just below its limber portion and running upwardlyuntil it comes nearly in contact with the stud or pin in the frame-workon which the pendulum is hung, or with a separate pin, as willhereinafter be more specifically set forth.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part hereof,and on which similar letters of reference indicate similar parts, Figure1 is a front elevation of a'clock to which my invention is applied,somuch of the door and face being broken away as is necessary to bringit into view Fig. 2, a detail elevation of the improvement on anenlarged scale; Fig. 8, a vertical section thereof on the dotted linemac; and Fig. 4., an under side view of the pin B and surrounding parts,as seen when looking upwardly from the dottedline y y.

In said drawings the portion marked A represents the usual pendulum-rodof the clock, having the usual limberportioma; B, the stud or pintowhich said pendulum is attached and G, the guard'rod attached to thependulumrod, preferably just below its limber portion, and extendingupwardly until it comes nearly in contact with the pin B. A cross-bar,O, is preferably at! ached to the top end of this guardrod, or is formedin piece therewith, and its ends 0 0 should be turned upwardly to partlysurround the stud B and prevent the parts from becoming disengaged.

As will be readily seen, the pendulum-rod can be pushed upwardly only avery short distance avoided, as unskilled persons are very apt to bendthis lirnber portion in their manipulations of the pendulum when it isnot protected in this manner.

Instead of running the guard -rod 0 up to the pin B, it may be made inthe form of a cross-bar, and a pin inserted in the frame-work of theclock just above it, which will serve the same purpose in thisconnection as the form shown. the best, but regard both forms asincluded in my invention. The said alternate construction is illustratedin Fig. 5 of the drawings, which has not been heretofore mentioned.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patentyis- 1. The combination, with thependulum-rod of a clock, ofthe guard-rod O, which extends up in closeproximity to the stud or pin B, substantially as described, and for thepurpose specified.

-2. The combination, with the pendulum-rod of a clock, of a guard rod orbar and a stud or pin, said guard rod or bar having upturned ends,substantiallyas shown and described, and for the purpose specified.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, atIndianapolis, Indiana, this 3d day of October, A. D. 1881.

HENRY SLUSHER. [L. s.|

In presence of-- O. BRADFORD, G. DUVALL.

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